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$55 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot claimed by immigrant coupleNews Story
After being orphaned at an early age, Xia Rattanakone often dreamed of going back to her native country of Laos to find her family. Now, thanks to six mega lucky numbers, the 44-year-old North Bend resident is one step closer to her wish. On Monday, she and her husband, Sommay, revealed themselves as the winners of last Tuesday's $55 million Mega Millions jackpot the second biggest jackpot in the state's history. The couple said they now plan to return to their native Laos to look for Xi
Oct 24, 2006, 7:08 am - Lottery News

Iowa couple claims $200M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
A Fort Dodge, Iowa, couple who bought three Powerball tickets during a pit stop for soda came forward Wednesday to claim the $200 million jackpot. Tim and Kellie Guderian bought the winning ticket Sept. 23 at a Kum Go store in Fort Dodge. They discovered their good fortune the following evening, as Kellie read off the winning numbers to an awe-struck Tim. What a stroke of luck, Tim Guderian said. It seemed like a dream. According to the Iowa lottery, the odds of winning were about
Oct 6, 2006, 11:18 am - Lottery News

Internet gambling restrictions attached to port billNews Story
House and Senate negotiators reached agreement last night on legislation to tighten maritime and port security regulations and, in a last-minute move, added an unrelated measure that seeks to ban Internet gambling. At the same time, House negotiators prevailed in their fight to strip out $4.5 billion in rail and mass-transit security funds included in the Senate provision. The port security and Internet gambling legislation was approved 409 to 2 in the House and on a voice vote in the Sena
Sep 30, 2006, 10:23 am - Lottery News

Defense Bill Dispute May Stall Internet Gambling ProposalNews Story
A dispute among Republican leaders may delay the fate of a proposed Internet gambling ban until after the Nov. 7 elections, congressional and lobbying sources said Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., are pushing hard to include an online wagering ban and a slew of other bills in defense legislation. But in a letter to Frist on Monday, Sen. John Warner, R-Va., the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he firmly op
Sep 28, 2006, 12:41 pm - Lottery News

Another Gamble for Online BettingNews Story
Legal wrangling in the U.S. is clouding the prospects for the industry world-wide Two recent arrests of online-gambling executives in the U.S. are drawing attention to a spirited but so far unsuccessful effort in Washington to clarify the legal status of Internet gambling and resolve the political and legal issues of regulating it. Earlier this month, Peter Dicks, at the time nonexecutive chairman of Sportingbet PLC, Britain's largest publicly traded Internet-gambling company, was arrested
Sep 22, 2006, 7:51 am - Lottery News

Banks balk at plan to cut off cash from net casinosNews Story
A group representing 5,000 small banks is opposing a tool lawmakers hope to use to stop online gambling, posing a challenge to what is widely seen as the government's best shot at cracking down on the activity. The Independent Community Bankers of America, whose members range from New York's Metropolitan National Bank to Colorado's First National Bank of Las Animas, is objecting to a proposal winding its way through Congress that would require financial institutions to block payments between
Aug 30, 2006, 12:22 pm - Lottery News

Online gambling company says it will lock out U.S. bettorsNews Story
fBETonSPORTS, the online gambling company targeted by federal prosecutors in Missouri and Washington, is shuttering the majority of its billion-dollar operations and will no longer accept bets from the United States, a company spokesman said Thursday evening. The move was seen as a significant victory for prosecutors targeting online gambling and as somewhat of a surprise. Industry experts and even a company insider had predicted that BetOn Sports would simply ignore the federal criminal pros
Aug 11, 2006, 11:27 am - Lottery News

Analysts say online gambling law a bad ideaNews Story
'Moral crusade ... is wrong for about 1,000 reasons' Yesterday, the Department of Justice [DOJ] announced charges against 11 individuals and four companies accused of taking sports bets from U.S. residents in the $12 billion a year online gambling industry. The charges focused on the persons and companies that supported BetonSports PLC, a U.K. incorporated, publicly traded company and popular Internet sportsbook that claims to have 1.2 million registered users. The view of the DOJ is a
Jul 19, 2006, 8:36 am - Lottery News

Gambling industry adjusting after CEO arrestNews Story
Next week's big online gambling conference in Las Vegas may turn out to be a washout as a number of individuals invited are thinking of cancelling their trip in the wake of the indictments of senior directors at BetonSports. The annual conference, organised by Bodog.com, is a must-go event for industry executives, but the arrest of the BetonSports chief executive David Carruthers on entry to the US has made people think twice about attending. Bodog.com's chief executive, the Canadian maver
Jul 19, 2006, 8:07 am - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery players question logic of shutdownNews Story
Gov. Jon S. Corzine's decision to shut down state services created confusion for lottery players and those who sell New Jersey lottery tickets. Sharon Rush, who owns Macaro's Deli in Pennsauken, said she learned about it online. They haven't told us anything, Rush said. Our customers don't even know about it yet. Rush said shutting down the lottery and casinos because of fiscal woes simply doesn't make sense. Something that makes money for the government shouldn't shut down, sh
Jul 2, 2006, 4:33 pm - Lottery News